Leipzig University
Leipzig University (), in
Leipzig in
Saxony, Germany, is one of the world's oldest universities and the
second-oldest university (by consecutive years of existence) in Germany. The university was founded on 2 December 1409 by
Frederick I, Elector of Saxony and his brother
William II, Margrave of Meissen, and originally comprised the four scholastic faculties. Since its inception, the university has engaged in teaching and research for over 600 years without interruption.
Famous alumni include
Angela Merkel,
Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz,
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe,
Leopold von Ranke,
Friedrich Nietzsche,
Robert Schumann,
Richard Wagner,
Tycho Brahe,
Georgius Agricola. The university is associated with ten
Nobel laureates, most recently with
Svante Pääbo who won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2022.
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